Hardy Empire 1945

Hardy took another look at the casino construction site.

The Venetian and Caesar's Palace have become huge construction sites, and countless construction workers are busy. The person in charge of the Meitong Real Estate Development Co., Ltd. heard that Hardy was here, and quickly came out to greet him and accompany the inspection. .

While inspecting the construction site, explain the construction progress.

The headquarters building of the Hardy Group is still in the stage of laying foundations, and it will probably take more than a year for this building to rise from the ground.

Afterwards, Hardy turned to the construction of the racetrack and the dog track. The scale of these two racetracks is much smaller, and they were built earlier. According to the person in charge, at the current construction speed, it will be completed and invested in next summer. use.

Hardy nodded with satisfaction. At that time, he will hold a grand horse race in Las Vegas, and try to make it a regular event for horse races, so as to attract more tourists.

There are also live TV horse and dog races.

After visiting Las Vegas, Hardy returned to Los Angeles. In the manor, Hardy was taking a shower. The bathroom door was gently pushed open. Ava walked in wearing a silk robe. Hardy turned her head and Ava looked at her with a smile.

The silk robe slipped, revealing the perfect figure.

He walked to Hardy with bare feet, picked up the towel and gave Hardy a bath, and then squatted down slowly.

Hardy likes to stroke Ava's hair.

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After taking a shower, the two were lying on the bed watching TV and chatting, Ava said: MGM sent me a movie outline, saying that there is a story suitable for me, and invited me to shoot next year, do you want me to go? ?

What's the movie about? Hardy asked.

The title of the movie is 'The Snows of Kilimanjaro,' and it's based on a novel by Hemingway. Ava then told Hardy the story.

After listening to Hardy, his first reaction was that this is a literary film. It is difficult to make money in such a literary film, but many directors like it.

Do you like the story? Hardy asked.

I read Hemingway's novel before and liked it very much, Ava said.

Hardy smiled.

If you like it, then go, there's nothing to worry about. This year's 'Super Idol' draft finals will be held on Christmas Eve. In the first half of next year, you have half a year of free time to make movies, and in the second half of the year, continue to be the first 'Super Idol' draft. The mentor of the second phase. Hardy said.

Ava listened to Hardy's agreement and gave her a happy nod as next year's mentor.

You must know that this Super Idol program not only made her a lot of money, but also greatly improved her popularity, and she was reluctant to give up.

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The election is over,

Hardy was not in a hurry to return to the delegation. Now the delegation is in Belgium, followed by countries such as Norway and Switzerland.

to these countries,

Hardy has little interest in investing.

He is interested in only three industries, shipping, banking, and luxury goods. He does what he can, and can't chew more than he can. As long as these three industries are done well, the future will not be less than those people's investment.

As for luxury goods,

Italy, France are the most places, and then there is the United Kingdom.

Therefore, Hardy will be handed over to Andy for the inspections of other countries. He will communicate with Hardy by telegram if there is a major event. Hardy plans to wait until he goes to the UK to follow up.

Hardy came to the security company the next day.

After two years of development,

HD Security has become the largest security company in the United States, with more than 5,000 personnel, providing a variety of services, bank security, airport security, security for important departments of large enterprises, bodyguards for star politicians, and city security patrols that cooperate with the police.

The intelligence department set up an independent company called HD Intelligence, which is an independent subsidiary of HD Security and is in charge of Henry.

The intelligence company now has about 500 people.

Now the security company can make money. Last year, after all costs were removed, there were more than 5 million left. This year's performance is better than last year.

However, Hardy didn't get a cent of the money. He should pay bonuses and invest in construction. Hardy never expected HD Security to make money for him. He has more places to make money. What he wants is a strong team. strength.

Hardy saw Lanster and said, The plan made before can now be implemented. Are you ready?

Lanster nodded happily, It's already been prepared.

Hardy is ready to elevate the level of HD security, simply put, HD security and the Department of Defense cooperation.

He was no longer satisfied with cooperating with the police department.

What can HD Security do for the Department of Defense?

That's too much to do. Hardy is going to set up a separate 'HD mercenary corps' that can help the government solve some difficult things.

Take a simple example.

For example, if a U.S. citizen was politically kidnapped abroad, if a regular army is dispatched, it needs to be approved by Congress, there are still many procedures, and there are also many issues to be considered.

There are not so many restrictions on hiring security personnel. The government spends money to hire them to go to other countries, kill them if they want to, and take back the hostages. It is not easy for other countries to use this as a matter. bodyguard.

Moreover, mercenaries don't have to have so many cumbersome procedures, and they don't have to take into account too much, and their reaction speed is much more convenient than using the army.

This is just one example. In fact, there are more businesses that can be done. In short, I want to manage what the East Factory manages, and I also want to manage what the East Factory can't manage!

First behead and then play, royal power charter!

This is the HD Mercenary Company.

Not only that, HD Security is also preparing to build a real military base and ask the government to allow the possession of powerful weapons, such as tanks, fighter jets, etc. Of course, they are mainly used for training in China.

Hardy's idea is to buy a place suitable for military training in a remote place, train a real special forces of the future, and then import special forces training to the government and help the army train.

Training can be profitable.

And after these people are discharged from the army, they can return to HD security to strengthen their own strength, and of course, they can also help the police with training.

If all the people in the United States are going out with HD security, then you can imagine how big this network is and how much information resources it has.

not only that.

Hardy also wants to establish overseas military bases, in the name of carrying out security business, but there are more internal purposes.

For example, establishing bases in Africa.

In the decades to come, conflict will continue in Africa, where there are countless minerals, precious stones, copper and iron, gold, oil.

Do big companies need security when they enter those conflict areas?

Some small countries want to seize power. On August 15th, they brought a few tons of gold to their door to give gifts. You accepted a gift from someone else's family. What happened?

Such as establishing bases in Asia.

Places like Malaysia and Indonesia are good.

It is not too much to help overseas Chinese train a few troops and establish a free and democratic government reasonably and legally.

You don't need help in fighting.

However, we can provide some weapons and equipment, rifle machine guns, tank cannons, aircraft missiles, etc. Hardy has the task of selling materials for the US Army after the war, and these people are good buyers.

Intelligence companies can also provide military intelligence information, dispatch military command consultants, and develop a wide variety of services.

Hardy is also preparing to build a naval force.

Now there are warships in the supplies he sells. If he gets two Iowa-class battleships to help escort merchant ships and fight pirates at sea, the 406mm cannons will be very cool.

Can directly dig the pirate's nest.

However, the Iowa class is definitely not for sale in the United States, but you can buy small ones, such as getting two frigates, and getting a supply ship. This thing is the same as playing pirates.

In the list of post-war supplies sold by the military, there is a group of frigates. Hardy took a fancy to the 'Ladero-class' escort destroyer, with a full load of 1,780 tons, a crew of 186, and a speed of 24 knots.

It was originally planned to build 50 ships, but only a few were built, and the war was over. Many of the half-built battleships were dismantled directly. Only 3 ships were built and were just delivered to the navy. Within a few days, their navy was disbanded. These three ships also became the processed materials.

In fact, there are not only these few ships, but the military has to deal with hundreds of warships, some of which cannot be sold, and continue to need to be kept secret. The navy is a beast that swallows gold. It needs a lot of investment in the early stage, and the logistics in the later stage have to be continuously supported. Most people really can’t afford it.

This is also the reason why the US military quickly cut meat to lose weight after World War II. There are 150 aircraft carriers and more than 1,000 battleships, cruisers, destroyers, frigates and submarines.

Stronger than the United States can not afford to support ah!

Except for those remaining in the navy, these warships are useless after being eliminated. Many of them are either dismantled or used as target ships, which is a pity.

Hardy didn't set his sights too high. He only planned to get three 'Ladero-class' escort destroyers, mainly because they were really new and were only produced in 1945.

Gaga new.

There are a few more 600-ton patrol escort boats. Hardy has read the sales report. There are 68 such escort boats that have been retired, and dozens of them have been sold to some small shipping companies. After removing the weapons, let them It was transformed into a strait passenger ferry and an ocean-going fishing vessel.

To know,

Later, in the 21st century, a 500-ton boat in a certain province went into the sea, and it was shameless to name a XX ship.

Then there are dozens of Type 80 patrol torpedo boats with a length of 24.3 meters, a displacement of 50 tons, a speed of up to 43 knots, and an endurance of 500 kilometers.

Don't look small.

The power is not small, equipped with two 50-caliber cannons, a 20mm Oerlikon cannon, four torpedoes and a 40mm anti-aircraft gun.

This kind of ship is absolutely perfect for offshore piracy.

He was going to get a naval base in Southeast Asia and put two warships on it to escort merchant ships, and passing ships must pay protection fees.

don't pay?

If you encounter a pirate, don't blame me for not telling you in advance.

What, no pirates?

Ha ha.

With Hardy there, I'm afraid there are no pirates.

As for the base location,

Hardy thought about it,

Singapore is good.

When he thought of it, he did it. Hardy immediately contacted President Johnson, told the matter again, and then expressed the hope of making an appointment to meet. President Johnson said directly: I'm in the White House these days, you can come anytime.

He flew on a private jet with Lanster and a few advisers directly to Washington to meet with President Johnson.

Also present was Defense Secretary James Forrestal.

Hardy took out two plans and gave them to the two, Johnson and Forrestal read while Hardy explained.

The word mercenary is not new. There were mercenaries in Europe for a very long time. Thinking about the founding of the United States, it was only after the French mercenaries defeated the British that the Americans were able to establish their country.

There are now mercenaries in other countries too.

In this plan, the cooperation between HD Security and the Ministry of Defense is one of the key points. Another key point is to hope that the country will agree to HD Security's possession of heavy weapons.

The United States does not prohibit light weapons, but heavy weapons are prohibited. In particular, Hadi also wants to establish overseas security bases, own warships with large-caliber artillery, and torpedoes and other weapons, which must be approved by the state.

HD mercenaries can help the Ministry of Defense deal with some difficult issues, such as difficulties in dispatching troops, or disputes involving sensitive political issues. Our actions will simplify the problem and do not need to pass Congress. It is a commercial act.

I own several shipping companies now, and there will be more in the future. The purpose of establishing overseas military bases is to protect the safety of shipping routes. You know that pirates are rampant in some areas. If they are robbed, they will suffer heavy losses. They have certain armed forces to fight pirates. It's the protection of American assets.

I have a lot of business in Asia, such as Hong Kong and Japan. The Strait of Malacca is the chokepoint, which is very important, but it is also the most rampant place in the world. Hundreds of incidents have occurred, and the insurance costs of freighters going there have increased a lot.

The decommissioned cargo ship we sold to Hong Kong not long ago was robbed by pirates in the past. Fortunately, we were repelled by us, but I still feel that it is necessary to establish a more effective security force.

Two days later.

HD Security has reached a cooperation agreement with the Ministry of National Defense, and agreed that HD Security has the following military forces of frigates to escort commercial security.

Subsequently, the second subsidiary of HD Security, the HD Mercenary Corps, was established.

After Hardy returned.

Immediately put the three 'Ladero-class' escort destroyers under his own name. The external price of these three frigates is 1.2 million US dollars each.

Three ships of 3.6 million.

I bought 6 600-ton patrol escort boats, all of which are the latest in the list. The price of each is 650,000, and the total price is 3.9 million.

As for the 50-ton patrol torpedo speedboat, the price is only 80,000 US dollars. Hardy bought all the 30 80 types on the list in one go, with a total price of 2.4 million.

Hardy then bought another batch of fighter jets.

He is going to set up a flying club to train his air power. There are many types of aircraft, and the price is not expensive. A fighter jet only costs one or two thousand dollars, and a transport plane is only a few thousand more expensive.

Hardy waved his hand, 10 of each type.

P-38 Lightning, P-47 Thunderbolt, P-51 Mustang, B-17 Flying Fortress, F4U Corsair, F6F Hellcat, B-25 Mitchell, P -39 Flying Snake, F4F Wildcat, A-20 Havoc, B-26 Marauder,  .

Why so, one is for playing, and the other is for collection.

Hardy called Colonel Adam Beach. He was from the military logistics department. Hardy had the right to sell it, but Beach had the stuff.

These frigates and patrol boats must be carefully inspected, and there must be no faults, and at the same time, sufficient ammunition must be prepared.

I need the military to provide ammunition in a 10-pack, and also send a lot of accessories.

As for these planes, choose the best ones for me, they must be overhauled, and the spare parts are adequate. Each plane is equipped with two engines of the same type, and the two-engine one is equipped with four. At the same time, there will be three maintenances for 10 years.

After Colonel Beach heard Hardy's words, he swallowed hard.

He has never heard of sending spare parts to send engines, but also to send two per aircraft, which is also....

No problem, Mr. Hardy, I'll handle this. Colonel Beach replied with a smile on his face.

He had charged Hardy a lot of money before. If he couldn't do this little thing well, then he wouldn't even think about it.

As for the engine sent,

The report stated that it had been scrapped and smelted into scrap iron.

Hardy nodded in satisfaction.

Hiring people, sometimes you have to use these smart little people.

this transaction,

Due to too many things, the amount of funds reached more than 13 million. With a big wave of his hand, Hadi owed the money first and deducted it from the profits later.

But Hadi made a 30% profit in selling post-war supplies, and it would be fine to settle accounts in the future.

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